Publications

Review of the inclusion of Sida SRHR strategy and policies in the portfolio of global African and Asian activities.

The objective of this report is to compare regional and national seed laws in Africa, and analyse the extent to which they support (or undermine) farmers’ participation in seed systems. The paper pays particular attention to how or whether these laws recognize farmers as conservers and breeders of crop varieties, and as potential multipliers and providers of seed, through a range of potential means, from traditional exchanges at local levels to commercial sales at a national or even regional scale. Ultimately, we identified and analysed combinations of national policies, legislation, regulations and executive decrees regulating the seed sector in 35 African countries.

SHARP formally ended by 31 December 2016. This final evaluation has the double purpose of looking back and assess achievements as well as learning lessons that might be useful for future undertakings in promoting SRHR in fragile settings.

This working paper is aimed at impact investors, and presents key pointers or core guidance that have been drawn from international standards, principles and case studies, that follow. It provides solid and evidence-based examples of how investors can work with smallholders and promote better land governance and livelihoods. International guidelines provide the bottom line, and case studies provide examples of projects, business models and investment funds that are implementing and/or financing alternative and innovative land related business models with smallholders and local communities.

Situation analysis of the context of SRHR in Guatemala, with a special focus on the impact of the global gag rule the organizations working on SRHR, to identify opportunities for the Swedish embassy to work on SRHR (strategies, areas, partners).

This study analyses what is actually happening at the national and subnational levels in terms of climate change and its impacts on particular crops; what experiences countries have had to date with regard to accessing, using and sharing benefits derived from genetic resources for climate change adaptation; and what kinds of ABS policy initiatives or reforms could help those countries to make better use of genetic diversity for climate change adaptation in the future.This information is critical for identifying potential future interventions at a regional or sub-regional level, and making farmer-managed seed systems more climate resilient.

The purpose of this project was to conduct a literature review to assess the evidence to support dolutegravir (DTG) usage on people co-infected with TB or Hepatitis, in state of malnourishment and pregnant woman.

This Methods Note has been developed in partnership with and for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. It is the product of close collaboration between The Equality Institute (EQI), the foundation Gender Equality Team, and program staff of the foundation, building off research and analysis conducted by the Gender Team of the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) of the Netherlands.

Para fomentar el reconocimiento y la valoración de la innovación de los agricultores en los procesos de investigación y desarrollo agrícola (IDA) por parte de profesionales y responsables de políticas, socios de la red de Prolinnova han estado desarrollando y utilizando varios métodos y herramientas para reivindicación y cabildeo. Uno de ellos es la organización de Ferias de Agricultores Innovadores. Los presentes lineamientos reflejan la experiencia de la red en la organización y patrocinio de dichas ferias, concentrándose en las experiencias adquiridas en la Feria de Agricultores Innovadores de África Occidental celebrada en Ouagadougou en mayo de 2015, patrocinada por Inades Formation Burkina y la plataforma de múltiples actores PROFEIS (Promoviendo la Experimentación y la Innovación Agrícola en el Sahel) en Burkina Faso.

Analysis of the current situation and future possibilities and needs for Sida to engage in South Sudan in the area of SRHR.

The challenge for African countries is to strike a balance between protecting the interests of breeders, to maintain the incentive function of plant breeders’ rights in the commercial market, while providing sufficient leeway to smallholder farmers that depend on informal sources for their seed security and survival. An equally pressing challenge is to establish a PVP (plant variety protection) system that is acceptable to the key stakeholders (notably farmers and breeders), as this is very likely a prerequisite for successful implementation. ISSD Africa aims to actively contribute to this endeavour by answering the action learning question: How can room be created for ‘informal’ seed systems in a UPOV 1991 informed plant variety protection system?

The purpose of this project was to participate in the 2017 annual review (workshop, field visits, and reporting) of the Child Protection Fund for the National Action Plan for Vulnerable Children. The KIT staff was specifically tasked with – as not having been involved in the process so far – reviewing data and engaging in interviews and meetings with fresh eyes and an open and critical constructive mind and with a strong focus on child protection issues.

Pour améliorer de façon durable la pro – ductivité agricole dans le bassin arachi – dier, le projet de Bassins de Rétention et de Valorisation de Forages (BARVA – FOR), financé par l’Etat du Sénégal et le Royaume de Belgique, accompagne les communes bénéficiaires à disposer de ressources en eau plus importantes pour développer de nouveaux moyens de production modernes. Le projet ré – pond ainsi au double enjeu du change – ment climatique et de l’augmentation de la production vers une réelle sécuri – té alimentaire au niveau national.

The purpose of this project was to provide an overview of the situation of the health sector in Sudan, in terms of morbidity/mortality numbers and causes, structure and key actor of health sector/SRHR, and added value of Sweden to engage in Health sector Sudan.